Genre |
Pop Rock |
Artist |
Brian Eno |
Landmark Debut Album Remastered On Vinyl LP!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 432/500!
First released in January 1974, Here Come The Warm Jets was Brian Eno's debut solo release following his departure from Roxy Music. The album draws on both his glam and prog roots but its experimental nature also made it quite unlike anything that'd ever come before. It was also to prove a huge influence on the best of the British punk and post-punk bands that followed it.
"Eno's solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets, is a spirited, experimental collection of unabashed pop songs on which Eno mostly reprises his Roxy Music role as 'sound manipulator,' taking the lead vocals but leaving much of the instrumental work to various studio cohorts (including ex-Roxy mates Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay, plus Robert Fripp and others). Eno's compositions are quirky, whimsical, and catchy, his lyrics bizarre and often free-associative, with a decidedly dark bent in their humor ('Baby's on Fire,' 'Dead Finks Don't Talk'). Yet the album wouldn't sound nearly as manic as it does without Eno's wildly unpredictable sound processing; he coaxes otherworldly noises and textures from the treated guitars and keyboards, layering them in complex arrangements or bouncing them off one another in a weird cacophony. Avant-garde yet very accessible, Here Come the Warm Jets still sounds exciting, forward-looking, and densely detailed, revealing more intricacies with every play." - Steve Huey, allmusic.com
Features:
Vinyl LP
Remastered
Selections:
Side One:
1. Needles In The Camel's Eye
2. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3. Baby's On Fire
4. Cindy Tells Me
5. Driving Me Backward
Side Two:
1. On Some Faraway Beach
2. Blank Frank
3. Dead Finks Don't Talk
4. Some Of Them Are Old
5. Here Come The Warm Jets